Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. LoewenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars A long horrific account of America’s deliberate segregation, its underlying current of white-onliness, born out of Loewen’s personal journey of awakening to the fact he was surrounded by Sundown Towns, those locales so hostile to blacks that the […]
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Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland BarberMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This really helped consolidate my knowledge of the development of human civilization. Its use of language along with archeological evidence reinforces the research I’ve pursued on language origins. As a world builder of
Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years. History and culture written in thread. Read More »
– I wrote this as a response to my Latin American Studies coursemates. I am reading many comments that look the same here, those evoking surprise, and I am genuinely curious why there isn’t more skepticism to spoon-feed facts. There is a famous line by Winston Churchill (the eugenist who bumbled WW1 and then was
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Arms Sales: USA vs Russia from Will Geary on Vimeo. Can you imagine if we had spent this money instead on food, education, water, and health?
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No matter how many times I see the history of eugenics and its blood-soaked impact upon civilization, there is no diminishing that feeling of utter helplessness in the face of the disturbing conclusion that no matter whether humanity pursues religion or science, it will ultimately lead to the same outcome. Nevertheless, I will try to
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Did he reuse the canvas or is he seeping into our consciousness? The artist, Branwell Brontë, elder brother of the sisters, hoped to become a professional artist. The painting was described by author Elizabeth Gaskell in 1853 when it showed just the 3 sisters separated by the column. Now Branwell is emerging from the column. It was
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Siberian Totem – 12000 YEARS OLD Read More »
So, I visited Sicily. Here are some photos of Agrigento (Greek name: Akragas). Igor Mitoraj’s statues and torsos are on display in front of the Temple of Apollo.
Grotto di Orrechio (Syracuse) From my hotel room in Agrigento. Greek Theater in Syracuse
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